Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

The four mentors turned around together, and Ren Xianqi jumped up excitedly.

He also did not forget to strum the strings, and with a "bang", the song came to a perfect end.

Deng Lijun asked: "What's your name?"

"My name is Ren Xianqi, and I'm from Taipei!"

"How old?"

"24 years old!"

"Married?"

"not yet!"

Yang Ye almost laughed out loud, why couldn't he change this habit?
Yang Ye asked: "Why are you singing barefoot?"

Ren Xianqi said: "Because in this way, I can imagine myself singing this song on the beach."

"Hey, this feels right, that's how I sang it when I was in Hawaii!"

Deng Lijun said sarcastically: "Is this how you chase a foreign girl?"

Yang Ye suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and the others on the field burst into laughter.

Zhang Guorong asked curiously, "I heard in your VCR that you played guitar to pursue a girl from the neighboring school. Did you succeed in pursuing her?"

Ren Xianqi said with regret: "No!"

Yang Ye said quickly: "Then you have to ask Mr. Zhang Guorong. When he was in middle school, he was the love saint from Central."

Ren Xianqi asked: "Really?"

Zhang Guorong said arrogantly: "You want to learn? I'll teach you!"

George Lam said, “No way, are you starting to snatch people away now?”

Everyone laughed again, and George Lam said seriously: "Student Xiao Qi, it is actually very risky for you to sing this song "Waves" today.

Because the melody of this song is relatively simple, as a competition song it cannot reflect your singing skills.

In this case, as a mentor, I have no idea how strong you are and how much potential you have.

But why did I turn around? Because after listening to you, I felt that you didn't treat it as a game.

You are just singing to your heart's content, you are enjoying the stage, and you and the song have become one.

You sing it as your own song, or rather, it seems as if this song was born to belong to you.

So, even though you haven’t shown off your high notes or vibrato skills, I still believe that you are a very good singer! ”

These words were spoken with such sincerity that Ren Xianqi was deeply moved. He bowed to George Lam and said, "Thank you, teacher!"

George Lam struck while the iron was hot: "Come to me, I can help you correct some of the minor flaws in your singing and make your performance more perfect!"

Ren Xianqi was deeply moved and was about to speak when he picked up the microphone. Deng Lijun saw that things were not going well and quickly asked, "Xiao Qi, where do you live?"

“Da’an District!”

"What a coincidence! My family also lives in Da'an District. I live on Zhongxiao East Road, which should be not far from your home. How about we go to sing karaoke together next time we return to Taiwan?"

Ren Xianqi was flattered and said excitedly, "Okay!"

Deng Lijun said proudly: "So, what are you waiting for?"

Oh shit, is this even possible?
The audience was almost dying of laughter. These mentors, who usually had a high status in the music industry, lowered their status and used various means to win over the talents.

Zhang Guorong wanted to teach Ren Xianqi how to pick up girls, George Lam moved people with his emotions, and Teresa Teresa played the fellow-townsman card.

The audience put themselves in Ren Xianqi's shoes and felt very excited.

The three of them had already used their tricks, and it was Yang Ye's turn. He asked, "Xiao Qi, you like this song very much, right?"

Ren Xianqi nodded and said, "Yes, I think this song is very relaxing and happy. I fell in love with it as soon as I heard it."

Yang Ye waved his hand and said, "In that case, I'll give you this song. You can sing it anytime you want in the future. No money required!"

"Wow!"

The audience was stunned. What is a killer move? This is a killer move!
Ren Xianqi chose Yang Ye's song, and Yang Ye generously gave it to him.

This...how can others compete with him?
Everyone thought Yang Ye had won the game, but Deng Lijun said, "Stingy guy, you're only giving me one song? Xiao Qi, what other songs do you like? I'll give it to you on his behalf!"

Yang Ye protested: "Hey, that's my song!"

Deng Lijun raised her eyebrows: "Can't I make the decision?"

Yang Ye immediately admitted his mistake: "I can do it!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

Yang Ye instantly became a henpecked husband, and Jia Jingwen's family burst into laughter in front of the TV.

"So they are really married?"

"Last time there was a tabloid report saying that they already had a child."

“Then why not make it public?”

"How can a celebrity make it public? This is already considered an admission."

Deng Lijun cracked Yang Ye's song-sending trick, but Yang Ye was still not discouraged and asked again: "Xiao Qi, where are you from?"

"My hometown is in Hubei, and my father is from Wuhan."

"What a coincidence, me too."

"Really?" Ren Xianqi was very surprised.

Others were also very surprised because this was the first time Yang Ye revealed his ancestral home to others.

"Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you? Do you think I'm an outsider?"

Yang Ye spoke something in Wuhan dialect on the spot, which made Ren Xianqi feel very familiar.

Yang Ye said, "Look, you chose my song, which means you came here for me. We are from the same hometown, so who should you choose? There is no doubt about it, right?"

After Yang Ye finished speaking, he looked at Deng Lijun proudly, meaning, you are playing the fellow villager card? We are the real fellow villagers!

George Lam said: "Okay, Ren Xianqi, now it's time for your counter-selection. You can choose one of us as your music mentor!"

After hearing this, the audience in front of the TV felt nervous and expectant.

Some people are wondering, is it really possible to become their student? Isn't this too lucky?
Some people are wondering, who will Ren Xianqi choose?

While Ren Xianqi was struggling to think, the TV screen began to change, constantly switching between the four mentors' expectant expressions.

All the sounds in the venue stopped and a heartbeat sound began to play.

"Bang bang! Bang bang! Bang bang!"

Many viewers were confused and asked themselves, if it were me, who would I choose?

But many viewers gave their answers in advance. Jia's father pointed at the TV and said confidently: "He will definitely choose Yang Ye!"

Indeed, Ren Xianqi was singing Yang Ye's song, and Yang Ye gave the song to him and even claimed to be from the same hometown as him, so it would be strange if he wasn't chosen!

After a while of hesitation, Ren Xianqi made a decision: "I want to... go sing K with teacher Deng Lijun!"

Most of the audience thought that Ren Xianqi would choose Yang Ye, but he chose Deng Lijun instead.

This wave of unexpected events brought the dramatic effect to its fullest.

Deng Lijun happily stood up from her seat, ran onto the stage, hugged Ren Xianqi, and made a "yeah" gesture to the camera!

"Click, click!" The camera captured this exciting moment.

At the instructor's table, Zhang Guorong said to Yang Ye: "Do you know why you lost?"

Yang Ye asked in confusion: "Why?"

Zhang Guorong gloated: "Since Sister Jun can be your master, I would choose Sister Jun if it were my turn!"

Yang Ye slapped his thigh: "Hey, he's really smart!"

"Hahahahahahahaha!" the audience burst into laughter!
……

After Ren Xianqi stepped down from the stage, the show continued.

People thought that Lao Lang, who appeared with Ren Xianqi, would go on stage, but he happily celebrated with Ren Xianqi and then the two left.

In front of the TV, Jia Jingwen said in confusion: "Hey, why is he gone?"

Lin Li said: "Maybe it's not his turn yet!"

"I thought you and he would go on stage next. His name is so strange. I wonder if he sings well." "He and Xiao Qi are good brothers. He should sing well too!"

“I really want to hear him sing!”

Jia Jingwen really wanted to hear how Lao Lang sang, but she waited for a month and still didn't get to hear it. The program crew really knows how to keep people in suspense.

Ren Xianqi was chosen to be the first to appear on the show because he is one of the very few singers who can perform four turns, and he can have the effect of making a good first impression.

The subsequent singers did not have such a joyful scene.

The four-turn singers should be scattered throughout each episode, appearing interspersedly to create suspense, and cannot appear all at once.

But the other singers also sang very well, with one, two, and three turns.

There were also cases where no mentor turned around and the candidate was eliminated.

……

Jia Jingwen pointed at a singer on TV who left disappointed because she didn't get a mentor to turn around and said, "What a pity! I think she sang very well. Why didn't the mentor turn around?"

"Didn't the instructors say the reason? The little girl's singing did not impress them." Jia's father continued.

Lin Li said: "Why do all of them sing so beautifully? I feel like they sing better than the original singer!"

After Lin Li said this, everyone realized that these people sang very well.

They have seen singing competitions before, but none of them have such a high level. It seems that if these contestants were to participate in other singing competitions, they would all win the championship.

……

The Jia family’s doubts are actually easy to explain, because... audio editing.

After entering the 1990s, due to the maturity of MIDI technology, electronic music became the darling of the era overnight.

The Japanese pop music scene even developed electronic dance music into the absolute protagonist of the 1990s.

In the past, sound on tape was difficult to edit.

But after entering the electronic age, it can be edited at will.

For example, using computers, people can cut and paste two different sound segments together with extreme precision, or move a sound segment to any place you want.

This magical effect can be achieved through commands such as copy, cut, paste, mix, mute, fade in and out, and flip.

In addition to modifying the singer's voice, you can also arbitrarily replace, change speed, transpose, quantize, and other processes on the instruments playing the melody.

Modifications to the physical parameters of these notes will never affect adjacent notes.

Even the melody's speed, intensity, vibrato, glissando, aftertouch and other parameters can be modified.

In "The Voice of China", the program team makes extensive use of audio editing techniques to make each singer's singing sound explosive.

In order to give the audience a refreshing feeling, the program team even re-arranged the songs sung by the contestants.

In the past, the cost of re-arranging the music was too high, so contestants in singing competitions could only sing according to the original version, and it was almost impossible to surpass the original version.

But with midi technology, all this becomes very easy.

Not only can you re-arrange the music to give the audience a refreshing feeling, you can also fix the sound to hide minor flaws in the performance.

If this is the case, then there must be something wrong with it if it doesn't sound good.

Moreover, before going on stage, they underwent two months of stage presence training and had their looks specially made to give the audience a more perfect feeling.

Coupled with the dazzling stage effects and the support of a 70-member symphony orchestra, all the contestants looked very impressive.

The feeling given to the audience is that they are all superstars.

Even some well-known singers have never enjoyed such awesome stage treatment.

No wonder the audience in front of the TV were fascinated by it.

……

Zhang Weijian was the last singer to appear on stage. At that time, he was not bald and looked very handsome.

"So handsome!" Many viewers gave a thumbs up to his appearance.

Zhang Weijian later established his persona, saying that he wanted to compete with TVB and prove that he was valuable even without hair on his head, so he shaved his hair.

This is obviously bullshit!
You can tell at a glance whether it is shaved or it is baldness caused by oneself.

The hair roots are shaved, and there is a layer of "green skin" on the head.

If you are bald, the effect is that your hair is shiny and glossy, just like it has been waxed.

Zhang Weijian obviously suffers from alopecia and is bald on his own.

He told others that he shaved his head to prove himself, just to establish his own image.

Deborah's role as the host is, for now, just to stand at the door to greet the contestants and chat with them briefly.

Then wait outside with the contestants' relatives and friends.

"Hello, Ajian!"

"Hello, Lagu!"

"Who are you coming with today?"

Zhang Weijian said: "Today my mother and two younger brothers came with me."

Deborah handed him the microphone: "Perform well!"

"Thank you!"

Zhang Weijian took the microphone, walked into the studio with his head held high, crossed the dazzling Avenue of Stars, and stood in the center of the stage.

He sang Zhang Guorong's famous song "The Wind Continues to Blow".

"I advised you to go home early, but you said you didn't want to go home, and just asked me to hold you. The sea breeze blew gently, cooling the wildfire..."

As the song started, the other three mentors all looked at Zhang Guorong with a smile.

Because the contestant sang Zhang Guorong's famous song, it was obviously aimed at Zhang Guorong.

Zhang Guorong smiled proudly and followed the music, tapping the beat with his fingers.

Zhang Weijian’s singing skills aren’t particularly good, but they’re passable.

Although several instructors acted in an appreciative manner, no one turned around.

Just when the audience thought he was finished, Zhang Guorong turned around with a "bang".

Afterwards, George Lam also turned around, but Yang Ye and Teresa Tang never turned around.

Zhang Weijian got two turns and passed the test smoothly.

The Zhang family members waiting outside were very happy.

Zhang Guorong said: "Introduce yourself!"

"Hello everyone, my name is Zhang Weijian, I'm 25 years old, and I'm from Hong Kong."

George Lam asked, "What do you do?"

Zhang Weijian said: "I used to be a singer, and now I am an actor."

"once?"

"I once signed a contract with a record company, but I didn't get the opportunity to release an album, so I had to switch to acting."

"What plays have you acted in?"

"A lot, because I am... actually a temporary actor. I have been playing supporting roles in TV stations for seven years!"

"Seven years, so you started working when you were eighteen?"

"Earlier, I worked in a bar when I was 16. Later, because I couldn't make much money working part-time, I dropped out of school and became a full-time worker."

Under the guidance of the two mentors, Zhang Weijian began to tearfully recount his miserable childhood.

Zhang Weijian's father is a seaman and a ship owner.

He often abused his mother, and later abandoned his family and ran away with another woman.

His mother was sick, and he had to earn money to pay for her medical treatment and take care of his two younger brothers.

Being weak, he had to drop out of school to work and shoulder the burden of supporting the family.

A major feature of the show "The Voice of China" is that it deeply explores the stories of the students and amplifies them through rhetoric, creating explosive topics and generating heat for the show.

Zhang Weijian successfully established the image of a strong man who gave up his dream, shouldered the burden of the family, dropped out of school and worked to support his family. (End of this chapter)